World number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei will also see action Saturday in the semifinals against Chen Jin of China.

In squash, world number one and five times world champion, Datuk Nicol David and Low Wee Wern will feature in the women's squash semifinals while Mohd Azlan Iskandar and Ong Beng Hee face their opponents in the men's semifinals.

Consolation for the Malaysian camp was retaining the 10th spot in the medal tally despite failing to win any medals for two consecutive days.

Malaysia's three gold, three silver and four bronze to remain in the top ten but well off the target of nine gold medals predicted by the National Sports Council.

Host China continued their dominance by piling up the gold medals and opened up a huge gap over the rest of the chasing pack with 125 gold, 54 silver, 55 bronze, followed by South Korea with 43 gold, 36 silver, 50 bronze while Japan remain third with a tally of 24, 49, 51.

In fact, as of today, the 125 gold medals won by China was more than all the total gold medals won by the 27 countries participating in the Games.

The total number of medals won by the 27 countries as of today only accounted for 113 compared with China's 125.

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